Hockey action: Phantoms to battle Penguins and Wolf Pack

A sea of orange jerseys, T-shirts and sweatshirts will once again flood Allentown's newly-built PPL Center on Wednesday and Saturday nights as the Lehigh Valley Valley Phantoms face off against the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and the Hartford Wolf Pack in the team's third and fourth regular season home games.

The Phantoms, who beat the Penguins 5-2 in their season opening American Hockey League game on Oct. 11, will battle the Wolf Pack for the first time this season.

Playing three games in about 48 hours, the Phantoms secured a pair of wins and four out of a possible six standings points, but fell short of a perfect weekend following a 3-0 loss at the Hershey Bears on Sunday evening.

Hershey improved to 5-2-0-0 to push past the 4-2-0-0 Phantoms for possession of the top spot in the East Division.

The Penguins' record stands at 4-4-0-0 while the Wolf Pack's record is 4-2-1-0.

The Phantoms, which officially played on their home ice Sept. 27 in a Flyers intra-squad scrimmage, were established in 1996. The team called the Philadelphia Spectrum home until the 2009-2010 season, when it shifted to Glens Falls, NY and became the Adirondack Phantoms until a new arena could be built in the Lehigh Valley.

Tickets for Wednesday and Saturday's 7:05 p.m. games are $23.50-$52.50. The team will play 76 games this season, including 38 home games at the PPL Center. Info: 610-347-8499 or pplcenter.com.